LOCAL AND PERSONAL
P articular
eople
P opular
m
Want particular at*
tention paid to detail
in their footwear.
You get it in the
American Lady and American Gent
p
■StfOEr
Made in all Leathers
UNIYOBAlOr
over foot conforming
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lasts that will not
hurt your feet
Rees-Wallace Co.
Will Plant Big Orchard.
At the Churches
Robert V eatch went to Cottage
G rove W ednesday m orning to load
a ca r of lum ber to be taken to his
ran ch u p the Coast fork for an a d
dition to his house, but the w eather
was so bad they would not load it
an d he will have to w ait. He
says he will set out 25 acres of
the ranch to w inter apples in F eb
ruary an d later will set out still
more of it to trees. H e th in k s we
have just as good a fruit couutry
as Southern Oregon au d all we
have to do is to stay right w ith it;
put out the trees and then live
rig h t iu the orchards ta k in g care
of them until they com e to liearitig
age, when they will be worth $500
to $1000 per acre.— Register.
Revival services co n tin u e with
increasing interest at the M. K.
C hurch, ex-presiding elder T. L.
Joaes conducting th e services.
R egular services at the C hristian
church nex t S u n d ay . T he sermon
at 11 a . m. will be illu strated with
a crayon
cartoon.
Subject,
“ W hat is your life?” T h e ev en
ing sermon also, will be illustrated.
Subject, “ W hy believe in Ilell?”
T he public is cordially welcome
at all the services of the church.
Com munion in . First Presby
terian church 11 a. m. n ex t S ab
bath. M embers w ill be baptized
and leceived. T h e pastor an d
elders will m eet to receive ]>ersous
who wish to unite, either by letter
or on profession of faith, after
Cottage Grove Men in City.
S ab b ath school. T h e pastor will
preach at 7:30 p . m . Come and
F ra n k Jordan and N. H . M ar
worship with us.
tin of C ottage Grove, spent yester
day iu the city com piling a report
Couple Walk From Portland.
of the valuations of the lan d con
tained in th a t portion of D ouglas
A young m an and his wife cam e
county w hich it is proposed to take
aw ay in the form ation of a new into Cottage G rove from Portland
county. T he report, when com recently, covering the entire dis
pleted, will be subm itted to the tan ce on foot. T h ey say there is
Com m ercial Club at C ottage Grove few positions open in the city an d
f o r consideration.— R o s e b u r g a dozen applications for every one
of them . T h ey are an intelligent,
News.
energetic ap p earin g couple aud
Leader Force Crippled.
seem worthy of a better lot, being
w illing to work at an y respectable
Miss l.ulu W illard, one of the
em ploym ent. T h eir u n fo rtu n ate
L eader's com petent and energetic
condition financially is said to be
com positors, while on her way to
the result of illness from throat
the office W ednesday m orning,
trouble on the p art of the h u sband
th a t freakish icy m orning received
while at Portland, w hich cost them
a severe fall seriously spraining
all their m eans, so after his re
her left arm and is therefore tem
covery they set out on foot seeking
p o rary off duty.
work, having been tem porarily
em ployed in th is city th is week.
Notice to Farmer*.
W anted, one to five cars bright
grain hay, also tim othy. Give
price, grade and when shipm ent
can be m ade. Address F. G . B a n
c r o f t , Medford, Oregon.
F . H . Rosenberg an d fam ily
have moved into th e nice new
residence on the corner west of the
C atholic ch u rch recently com
pleted by W . G. Stiller, the
cream ery m an,
S. C. V eatch, a prom inent farm
er who lives near C ottage Grove,
T he best line of shirts an d n ec k
w as in E ugene T uesday attending w ear in town at W . A. H etnen-
to business and visiting his brother. w ays.
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All’s Well for 1909
QThe truth of this Statement is borne out
not only by the present condition, but by
indications which positively cannot be
ignored. (|W e have no complaint to
make with the year 1908, for certainly
our business has prospered. The out
look for 1909 is very favorable; confidence
is returning with lightning speed and we
know of no reason why the coming year
should not prove to be a banner year for
business.
(JWe wish you a Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
Burkholder—Woods Co.
A nice parlor therm om eter free
to every cash subscriber or yearly
renewal to the Leader, as long as
they last.
W e are not giviug furniture away,
b u t we are sw apiug dollars with
you this m onth. V eatch & Law-
son.
Levi Geer of London Springs
was in E ugene W ednesday in ter
viewing th e county court on road
business.
Closiug out at cost. Now is the
tim e to fit u p y o u r home. E very
thing going at cost iu furniture,
carpets, etc. C ochran & Cooley.
W illiam Rennie of Creswell su b
m itted to another m inor operation
on Jiis leg on T uesday at Eugepe,
w hich prom ises tt> give him mtacfi
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greater com fort. ' . ,
J . I. Jones was a county seat
visitor Thursday..
If a fool is out of place an y
w here on earth it is on a farm .
Blest is the m an whose w ish and
care is just to be happy anyw here.
T ry some of those 20 ceuj . per
pound cream s at the Bee Hive. 38tf
See our ad in this issue of o»r
an n u a l clearance sale. V eatch &
W . B. H artley of T h e'D alles,
Lawson.
arrived T uesday to attend the a n
A m arriage liceuse w as issued n u al m eeting of the Tw in Rocks
W ednesday to Fern W . O gram and Gold M ining Com pany. He re
Miss Irina Howe, both of Cres- turned hom e W ednesday.
well.
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A nything in o u r ettfir6 stock Will
Daniel Daly of Cottage ^ OroVe
be sold at a discount of ffcm 10 to
went to E ugene W ednesday to
.
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jt,e 40 per cent, d u rin g th e -moutb of
look after business m atters
Ja n u a ry . Come early and avoid
county seat.
the rush. V eatch & Lawson.
Mrs. M. E. M undy, who visited
F.
H ard cam e in from the
her daughter, Miss M innie at E u
‘‘Red
B
ridge”
at the end of th e
gene, returned to Cottage G rove
line of th e O. fit $. E . W ednesday
W ednesday.
an d reports th e Row River ju st
T h ere will be a basket ball gam e
raging. H e returned to his home
between the Junction and C ottage
G rove team s at th is place this even at Eugene the sam e dayi
H enry
W eixenfelde’r,
better
ing, closing with a g rand ball.
know
n
as
“
D
utch
H
en
ry
”
who
Everybody went sk a tin g Wed-
desday m orning— on the slippery lives up ou th e M cKenzie, returned,
door steps or sidew alks and several from a visit to'G ottage G rove atad
w ent to his hom e W ednesday.—
h av e n ’t done an y th in g since.
Register.
Miss G ertrude Burdick, a trained
K - ' X'
Snow an d frost frooj E ugene
nurse who has beeu home for a
short visit, returned to her work at north an d in Ea'sterii Oregon,
P ortland again W ednesday from while ripe b lackberries picked in
the open air i? th is vicinity J iiu rs -
Eugene.
A. B. Wood of the O regon & day, Ja n . 7, were presented to th e
Southeastern at C ottage Grove, Leader. See i,eader sh®w 'i*B;
& r, . . •
was in Eugene W ednesday on dow.
business connected with county
Jacob M ayer, a pioneer of Port-
division m atters.
¡lau d of 1875, an d a m em ber of the
F. J. H ard cam e up from E u w holesale dry goods firm of Fleish-
gene on Monday ev en in g ’s local ; ner, M ayer an d Co., th e largest
and left T uesday m orning for Bo- wholesale house iu th e Pacific
hernia where he will spend a N orthw est w ith b ran ch es in Spo
k an e ahd Seattle, died T h u rsd ay .
couple of days at the m ines.
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D o n ’t S a y B A N K , S a y
F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K
OF C O TTA G E G R O V E .
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SU R PLU S
P R O F IT S
G R O W IN G
T hese a n cien t s ig n s a n d to k en s
T h a t In th e Ion? ago
W o rk ed m agic Ju st as. e asy
A s hoboes shovel snow
A re n o t a t p re s e n t w ritin g
So c e rta in to produce
A s b ales o f read y m oney
A ssorted an d tu rn e d loos*.
T h e finding of a ho rsesh o e
In m odern tim e s w ill b rin g
A trifle fro m th e Junk m a n —
P e rh a p s a b all o f s trin g —
B u t p u t It on a hom o ra c e
O r a n y schem e a t h an d
W ith o u t th e a id o f m oney
A nd eee w h e re It will land.
In sta lle d .
.
T h e y used to th in k It foxy
To n ail on* to th e dour
A fo rtu n e th a t h a d v an ish ed
To c arefu lly resto re,
B u t now w e do not b o th er
W ith Ju n k a n d sUch old tra sh .
W e b uy o u r luck seren ely
W ith good a n d re a d y cash.
Only Reaombtaitee.
"L e t us be tbankfu ! the holdup man
do not call their work a religious cere
mony.**
"H ow could theyV**
"D o n ’t they take up a collectlonT*
Business Locals.
*apray & Co. for Leslie salt.
T h e best and cheapest candies
at the f e e Hive.
38tf.
Shingles for sale at V eatch ft
L aw son’s.
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Spray
Co, bu y s veal, chick
ens. eggs, etc.
Dry wood for sale. Inquire of
V eatch & Anderson.
A new line of bam boo goods at
C ochran & Cooley.
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E very th in g in th e tu rn itu re line
a t C ochran & Cooley.
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m
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’ . I f you w aut a good p ay in g little
business in q u ire a t the B azaar.
Fresh milch cow for sale-
Phone 746 or apply to P. H . Mc
Gee.
See those fine new C olum bia
an d Victor graphophones at the
B azaar.
T h e well established M illinery
busiuess of Id a F rances B arrett is
for sale. For futher p articu la rs
inquire a t T he Ideal M illinery
store.
31-8t
4
Died.
Come a n d See T h e m .
T h e F irst N atio n a l B a n k
T h e O l d R e l ia b le .
A ttorney W . C. Counter, form
erly of L ake View and a friend of
Mr. A. J. A rm strong, spent a few
days iu this city th is week in quest
of a location. H e is a very genial
and intelligent appearing gentle
m an a n d 'w o u ld m ake a v aluable
acquisition to our town, with
which he expressed him self as be
ing very favorably impressed.
E rnest Sears is h av in g a wide
veran d a or colonel style porch
bu ilt around his farm home near
Saginaw , w hich will add m uch to
the appearance an d com fort of
th is home.
Mr. S hepard and fam ily moved
into their fine new 9-room modern
residence two blocks east of the
depot yesterday an d have one of
Too m any men who before their the m o s t. cozy an d convenient
m arriage were alw ays p articu lar to homes in o u r city.
get out of the buggy an d help the
T he appraisers of the property
young w oman in, m ay be observed of the estate of Jam es' Parvin, the
a few years after m arriage sitting Lane co unty pioneer, who died at
in the wagon while the good wife Creswell a few days ago, have filed
clim bers in over the wheel as best their report in the probate court.
she m ay. T here is som ething T hey found property valued at
wrong when the m an is less $13,214.29.
th o u g h tfu l of his wife th a n he
T he five m onths old child of Mr.
was of his sw eetheart.
an d an d Mrs. Sherm an S hortridge
Fred W right an d I . L. H arding of th is city, died S atu rd ay after
of W alker station were in E ugene noon. T he funeral w as held at
W ednesday on business w ith the the hom e S unday. In term en t in
county court concerning the estab the I. O. O. F . cemetery. Mrs.
lishing of a private road or right Shortridge w as form erly Miss
of easem ent across the tatters land. F an n ie Dewald.
Mr. H ard in g will not protest
against the am ount of dam age
given him, although both he and
his friends th in k it is not as m uch
as the real dam age done. He es
teems the good will of his neigh
bors more th an the few dollars he
m ight get by protesting.
C has. Johns of St. Johns, is a
guest of Cottage Grove friends.
T he F ruit D ryers’ Association
met at th eir an n u al m eeting Mon
day afternoon. A new board and
officers were elected and the report
of the past year and the statem ents
of the officers were received. The
new board of directors for 1909
are: J . I. Jones, president; B. K.
Lawson, secretary; J . B. Rouse,
Ben Lurch an d Jo h n Spray, direct
ors. T he affairs of the com pany
are in splendid shape an d they
look forward to the new year's
business w ith b righter prospects
th an ever before. A m an ag er will
be secured to conduct the business.
IN SICKNESS
it is very important that the m edicines
you use should be free from sll adultera
tions, absolutely pnre and carefully com
FÜRS
m FI RS
FURS
This line of Furs is an excep- Ì
tionally good one, made up |
of the best Furs on the market \
C o m e in and Look
! LURCH’S
biäJUiMiUiUiumiUiUiumiumiUiUiUiUiUluS
Griffin-Veatch Co
„ Everything in
HARDWARE
Cottage Grove,
FOLLOW THE FASHION
Gif yon adhere to
thc.fashjon in suits,
w aists and cloaks,
you m ust follow it
closely in Corsets.
Unless your Corset
is stylish your other
stylish cut garm ents
will no t fit.
Now w hat is requir
ed? F irst of all,tight-
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fitting w aists and
Princess gow ns necessitate a perfected Corseted figure
The H enderson Habit B ack C orset is the one
for the present styles. F o r sale a t the Ideal Millinery
Store. Come ladiès and inspect them.
ID A P R A N C E S B A R R E T T .
V A N W IN K L E — At th e hom e of
his parents, Rev. an d Mrs. I.
N . V an W inkle, 1495 Chemeke-
ta street, Salem, Oregon, J a n u
ary 5, 1909, at 11 a. m ., C harles
W esley V an W inkle, aged 21
years, 13 days of tuberculosis.
Deceased was born on the Van
W inkle farm near H alsey, Linn
county, Oregon, Dec. 23, 1884.
H e grad u ated from the public
schools of H alsey, and in 1904 en
tered the preparatory departm ent
of W illam ette university. F rail
health , however, had caused him
to discontinue his studies for the
p ast eighteen m onths, living an
outdoor life m eantim e, until the
opening of the last school year,
when he re-entered the m edical de
p artm en t of the college. A bout a
m onth since he suffered a hem orrh
age of th e lu n g s and h as since de
clined rapidly.
H e was a p opular student, being
a m em ber of W illam ette Glee club
BARLEY rolled by th e fam ous O lym pic process. All seeds ( *
a n d Y. Kt. C. A. q uartet. H e was
and foreign m atter tak en out, leaving the barley free from
the son of Rev. an d Mrs. I. N.
dirt of an y k in d . E very sack g u aran teed .
V an W inkle, his fath er being a
M ethodist m inister and a brother
Best Cement and Lime Always Carried it Stock
of A ssistant Attorney G eneral I.
Agents
Fairbanks, Morse Roofing.
p h o n e
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H . V an W inkle.
Funeral services were held at
th e home 1495 Chem eketa street at
3 o ’clock p. m ., W ednesday con
ducted by Dr. H om an, president
of W illam ette university and Rev.
W . H . Selleck, pastor of the First
M. E . church. T he rem ains were
interred at Brownrville, being sent
The S ta n d a r d High Grade Fence of the
by w ay of H alsey.—Salem States
World.
There is over 400 miles of this
m an.
famous
wire
fence in Douglas county, Oregon.
Deceased was a brother of our
This is High C arbon Spring Wire which will
esteemed tow nsm an, Dr. J . O.
keep its shape when properly stretched. Will
V an W inkle who with his wife
carry a full stock of w ire a t all times.
w as at bis b ro th er’s bedside when
he died. T he young m an visited
his brother here last sum m er, and
In q u lr* of
m ade a num ber of friends in this DAVID GRIQQS,
or STEARNS & CHENOWITH, Agents
city, who are pained to hear of his
Cottage Grove, Ore.
Oakland, Ore.
untim ely death.
S P R A Y & CO.
Feed, Flour and
Poultry Supplies
THE PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE.
pounded.
OUR DRUGS
are all pure.
Each and every prescript
ion Wrought to us is compounded with
the utmost
care
and skill.
A ll
sick
room requisites.
Benson’s Pharmacy
Cott?go
6rovn,
Oregon
Oregon
See our b ran new stock of u p to
date rugs before you buy carpets.
V eatch & Law son.
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SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS—T h at’s Wise, Too.
Ju st
FURS
O u r '’■„clsiiranCfe sale for this
m outh is for the purpose of m a k
ing room for our new sp rin g stock,
w hich is now being ordered.
V eatch & Law son.
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A lonir a d u s ty wity
B rings good luck to th e finder.
I'v e h e ard th e w ise ones «ay,
A c ase of ra re good fo rtu n e
Aa m o rta l e v e r stru c k .
I 'd r a th e r find a d ollar
A nd buy m y ow n good luck.
T he severest snow storm in years
occured throughout Oregon this
week, while blizzards are raging
in the m iddle west.
Of
Edison, Columbia
Victor
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